Liberals may wish to re-think their idea of weak

For those who say Obama gives up too much in these negotiations with Republicans or appear weak, you have got to check out the article written by Andrew Taylor of the Associated Press titled Budget tricks helped Obama save programs from cuts.  How many times must he show that behind the scenes, he’s a force to be reckoned with before you step back and give him the tools and room to work?

Below is what this president gave up and what he got in return.  Before you decide that a man whose not afraid to admit when he is wrong,  when he maybe haven’t done enough or still speaks softly when others are yelling is weak.  As stated in the above article “the historic $38 billion in budget cuts resulting from at-times hostile bargaining between Congress and the Obama White House were accomplished in large part by pruning money left over from previous years, using accounting sleight of hand and going after programs President Barack Obama had targeted anyway.”
The White House protected and reversed
·         Reversed many of the cuts passed by House Republicans in February
·         Saved the Head Start early learning program,
·         Kept the maximum Pell grant of $5,550
·         Funding for Obama's "Race to the Top" initiative that provides grants to better-performing schools 
·         Food aid to the poor was preserved, as were housing subsidies.
·         Rejected GOP attempts to block the EPA's ability to issue global warming rules and other reversals of environmental regulations
·         Thwarted a GOP attempt to block new rules governing the Internet
·         Stopped a National Rifle Association-backed attempt to neuter a little-noticed initiative aimed at catching people running guns to Mexican drug lords by having regulators gather information on batch purchases of rifles and shotguns.
·         Forced Republicans to drop an effort to cut off Planned Parenthood from federal funding, as well as GOP moves to stop implementation of Obama's overhauls of health care and Wall Street regulation.
·         Eliminates funding for the development of an alternative for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
·         Family planning programs would bear a 5 percent cut rather than being completely eliminated.
·         The IRS would see its budget frozen but be spared the 5 percent cut sought by House Republicans.
The Republican lead House of Representatives got
·         A block of taxpayer-funded abortions in the District of Columbia
·         House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, personal initiative to provide federally funded vouchers for District of Columbia students to attend private schools.
·         Renewable energy programs cut of $407 million
·         The Army Corps of Engineers will absorb a $578 million cut.
·         $600 million in cuts to community health centers programs
·         $414 million in cuts to grants for state and local police departments
·         $1.6 billion reduction in the Environmental Protection Agency budget
·         Community development block grants took a $950 million cut.
·         The National Institutes of Health absorbs a $260 million cut instead of the $1.6 billion cut sought by House Republicans
·         Homeland security programs would have to take their first-ever cut to first responder grants to state and local governments. 

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